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Rh “ puniſhed by the miniſtry in the ſupreme court without a trial by their equals—without any trial at all:

“ remedy of the law for falſe impriſonment barred and defeated:

“ plaintiff and his attorney, for their appeal to the law of the land, puniſhed by expences and impriſonment, and made, by forced engagements, to deſiſt from their legal claim:

“ determined to be a libel by a court where it was not cognizable in the firſt inftance, contrary to law, becauſe all appeal is thereby cut off, and inferior courts and juries influenced by ſuch predetermination:

“ condemned in the ſaid court as the author of the ſuppoſed libel unheard without defence or trial:

“ treatment of petitions, by ſelecting only ſuch parts as might be wreſted to criminate the petitioner, and refuſing to hear thoſe which might procure him redreſs: “